Cabinet.



H. GJ'BRINKER.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9,1908.

Patented Mar. 29, 3.910,

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WITNESSES ATTORNEY.

H. G. BRINKER.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9,1908.

Patented Mar.,29, 1910.

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H. c. BRINKER. CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9,1908.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

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historian CABINET.

Specificationcf Letters Patent. Patten filial". W5, Tril -1%.

Application filed July 9, 1908. Serial N0. 442,697.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY O. Bninnnn, of Indianapolis, county of Marion,and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Cabinet;and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings inwhich like nu morals refer to like parts.

The object of this intention is to provide a cabinet containing drawersthat when withdrawn are so mounted that they may be turned laterally andheld in the turned position to render their contents accessible.

T he invention. has been applied practically to prescription cases fordruggists, the drawers being adapted to contain bottles and the like butit may be used for other purposes. The invention gives to druggists andothers a cabinet of much. greater capacity than the ordinary cases ofshelving occupying the same wall space. In other words, withoutincreasing the wall space, one can greatly increase the capacity oftheir means for holding bottles and the like.

The invention also has the virtue of keeping the contents closed fromdust.

Another feature oi. the invention consists in providing a drawer open orpartially open on one side so that when it is turned laterally, afterbeing withdrawn, it will present all the bottles or contents therein toView and-hold the same so as to be readily accessible.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description -and cl aims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my cabinet with thedrawers closed. Fig. 2 the same with'drawers partially open and some ofthem turned laterally.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a drawer closed and the surroundingcasing partly broken away. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through thecabinet on the line H of Fig. 3 showing the drawer closed. Fig. 5 is asection similar to that shown in Fig. 4 with the drawer open and turnedlaterally. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 3; Fig. 7 is asection on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.v Fig. 8 is a horizontal section onthe line 8-81 of Fig. 6, the different positions of the drawer whilelosing turned laterally being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 9 is a sectionon the line 9{) ofi'Fig. T. Fig. 10 is a section on the line 10-10 ofFig. 9.

As shown in the drawings, 10 represents the casing of thecabinetprovidcd with vertical partitions 11 and horizontal partitions 12that form recesses for drawers 18.

The drawcrshcrein shown have, besides the front wall thereof, a rearwall 14;, a top wall 15, a bottom 10, a horizontal partition 17 midwaybetween the top and the bottom, one side wall 18 that extends from topto bottom and the slats or cars 19 that on tend across one side atpoints slightly above. the bottom 16 and the partition 17. These slats19 are for he purpose of preventing the bottles, boxes and the like fromfalling out when the drawer is in its open position. The drawer isadapted to containhottles 20 and boxes :21 or any other thing, indicatedin' Fig. d where the drawer is shown closed. The front has a handle forhandling it.

The drawer is guided in the movements into and out of the recess by apair of angular guide strips 25 soured to the stationary parts forming trecess at each corner thereof, and strl 1.6 that are located so as toslide between the strips 25. Each strip 25 has an overlapping extensionor flange 126 that rides and slides upon an inwardly extending flange125 on each strip 25, as shown in Fig. 7. The drawer is pivotallyconnected at the top and bottom with said strips 26 by the means shownin Fig. 9. A pin 27 passes through the bottom and also another throughthe top of the drawer and is externally barbed or.

roughened and forced tightly into the sleeve 28 in the slots 29 of theslides 26. This connection between the drawer and the slides 26 islocated midway of said parts. When the drawer is withdrawn it will pullthe slide out, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 8, until the draweris out of the recess or the movement of the slide is stopped by the pin30, that is secured to the horizontal partition 12 of the casing andprojects into the slot 31 in the slide. Then the drawer, which iscentrally. rulcrurn'ed. on the slide between the slots at the bottom andtop thereof, is turned laterally into the dotted line position shown inFig. 8 and then pushed inwardly to the full line position shown in Fig.8 so that the-drawer extends crosswise of the front of the cabinet lotand lies against the unopened drawers on each side.

In the open position the open side of the drawer is exposed to the troutand, therefore, the druggist can easily obtain any package orbottletherein and replace the same in the position from which they wereremoved without: any diiliculty or confusion. The drawer is returned byreversing the opening operation. that is, it is pulled forwardly fromthe full line position and then turned 45 degrees and pushed inwardly.The slides 20 are so wide as to furnish a very substantial and broadsupport for the drawerswhcn in their outer position and since they areheld there by the connection shown in Fig. 9, the drawers can not;escape from the slides and the slides can not escape from the guidewayin the cabinet by reason of the stops 30 and the guide-strips on eachside of the slides. lVh .re light articles are to be used in the cabinetonly the bottom slide construction is necessary as that willsatisfactorily guide and hold the drawer, but wlpen the contents arerelatively heavy there s 'ould be a guide construction at both the topand bottom of the drawer. Therefore, 't is obvious that the drawers maybe the d uble compartments shown in Figs. 4 and 6 or the singlecompartments as shown in Fig. 2, as ones need requires. Such a cabinetmay be made relatively deep for when the drawer is withdrawn and turnedlaterally it lies against the front part of the casing and drawers sothat it is partially braced thereby and quite a long drawer may bemaintained stably in position.

What I claim as my inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent is: ii

1. A cabinet including a casing having drawer recesses, a drawer in eachrecess, means under each drawer for supporting the same in both itsinner and outer positions, and a pivotal connection between said drawerand said support that permits the drawer to be slidable inwardly oroutwardly on said support and to be turned laterally and held thereonwhen in its outer position.

2. A cabinet including casing with a drawer recess therein, a drawersupport slidable in said recess, and a pivotal connect ion between saiddrawer and drawer support that permits the drawer to slidelongitudinally of said drawer support and to be turned laterally andheld thereon when in its outer position.

3. A cabinet including a casing with a drawer recess therein, a drawersupport slidable in said recess and having a longitudiinil slot therein,a drawer on said support, a fulcrum pin projecting from said drawer intosaid slot so that the drawer may be drawn outwardly and turned laterallyon said" support and be supported thereby in such position, and a stopfor limiting the outward movement of the drawer support.

4-. A cabinet including a casing with a drawer recess therein, a drawer,a support slidable in said recess of the casing upon which said drawert'ulcruined in a slot so that it may be turned laterally in connectionwith said sliding supports and be supported thereby in such position,said support being prdvided with a longitudinal stop slot and a pinstationary in the cabinet projecting into said slot for preventing theescape of said support from the recess.

5. A cabinet including a casing with a drawer recess therein, a drawer,and supports slidable in the bottom and in the top of said recess of thecasing upon which said drawer is centrally fulcrumed at its top andbottom so that it may be turned laterally in connection with saidsliding supports and be supported thereby in such position.

6. A cabinet including a casing with a drawer recess therein, a guidestrip secured at each of the four corners of said recess, each guidestrip having an inwardly extending flange along the lower part of saidguide strip, a drawer support slidable between said guide strips andupon the ledges thereof, each support having a pair of longitudinalslots, stop pins secured at the bottom and top of the recess thatproject into one groove in each support, and a fulcrum extendingvertically from the top of said drawer into the slotsof said supports,substantially as set forth.

7. A cabinet including a casing with a dr wer recess therein, a drawer,and a support adapted to project forwardly beyond the casing, one ofsaid last two members he in longitudinally slotted and the other provied with a pin projecting into said slot whereby the drawer will besupported in its outward position by said support so that the drawer maybe turned. laterally.

S. A cabinet including a casing with a drawer recess therein, a drawerwith its ends, top and bottom and one side closed and the other sideopen to render the contents accessible when the drawer is drawnoutardly, a bar acrt-iss said open side to hold the contents fromfalling out when the drawer is drawn outwardly, and a support slidablein said recess of the casing upon which said drawer is i'ulcrunicdcentrally so that it may be turned laterally in connection with saidsliding supports and be sup ported thereby in such position.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto atlixcd my signature in thepresence. oi' the witnesses herein named.

iliQN ltY (I. BRINKER.

